Jerry Pickard moved, — That pursuant to Standing Order 108(1)(a) and (b) a Subcommittee on National Security, composed of 11 members, (6 members from the Liberal Party, 3 members from the Conservative Party of Canada; 1 member from the Bloc Quebecois and 1 member from the New Democratic Party) be established with all the powers of the Committee except the power to report directly to the House; and pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) the mandate of the said Subcommittee shall include review and consideration of the budgets and the propriety and efficacy of the functions performed and the powers exercised by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), the RCMP National Security Investigations Section, the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness, the Canadian Border Services Agency, and their relationships with all departments and agencies with which they have a memorandum of understanding or other working arrangements, the Annual Report to Parliament of the Security Intelligence Review Committee, all Special Reports made by SIRC under section 54 of the CSIS Act, the operations of the SIRC on behalf of Parliament, the Annual Statement on National Security made by Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, the Annual Public Report made by the Director of CSIS and the review of the annual report of the Commissioner of the Communications Security Establishment.
Debate arose thereon.